A decorative headpiece consisting of two rows of repeating stylized floral or fleur-de-lis motifs.

NEW

CONVERSATIONS

CONCERNING THE

SECRET

SCIENCES.

FIRST CONVERSATION.

I am * predestined to see an extraordinary man every year. Blessed be the Star original: "l'Etoile"; a reference to the astrological belief that one’s life is governed by the positions of the stars at birth that has given me, this year, Doctor Jean le Brun; and blessed be whichever of my friends or my enemies, who, to amuse themselves or to insult me, sent this excellent man to me.

• This work appears thirty years after the death of its author.